Early the next morning, before the tide came in, the couple took the children to Mother Ye to look after and headed straight into town.
With Ye Yaodong's silver tongue, the last ten pearls sold for 1,200 yuan.
Haiqingsha Town was a port town, and it had more than one Jewelry Store. If they couldn't agree on a price here, he would walk out and try another one. He absolutely wouldn't sell at a loss.
To his surprise, just before he stepped outside, the shopkeeper called him back and agreed to his price outright.
As long as the goods were good, the price really was negotiable. After all, once they were made into jewelry, their value could multiply several times over.
With that enormous sum in her pocket, Lin Xiuqing was terrified of losing it or running into a pickpocket. She kept one hand in her pocket, gripping the money tightly, and didn't dare take it out the whole way.
When she heard that Ye Yaodong still wanted to buy Maltose for the children, she was rather reluctant. "Can't we get it next time? Let's go home early. It's not safe out here. What if the money goes missing..."
"It won't take long, and it's not far away. The children all know we came to town. If we go back empty-handed, they'll kick up a fuss and say I broke my promise again. And this time it's not just two of them-it's eight. They'll bring the roof down."
"Then... hurry up. We'll go straight home after buying it."
"I know."
Excited and nervous, the couple made it home safely, and Lin Xiuqing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Twelve hundred yuan was no small sum. An ordinary household might not save that much in two years, even without spending anything